Something I heard about on slashdot years ago, but started using just
yesterday:
http://code.google.com/p/logstalgia/
Only does apache, but if your service can spoof apache style logs you're
done.
(I know that doesn't help much with your final project though - but you
can use it for ideas nonetheless)
Paul
On 02/08/2012 02:29 PM, Daniel C. wrote:
> Hey all,
>> I'm taking a class on data visualization. For my final project I plan
> to write a piece of software that will create a visualization of
> network traffic. Ideally, this will be something that's genuinely
> useful to network admins. To get started, I've got a few questions:
>> - What problems do you have that a visualization tool could help
> solve? Are they fairly concrete (i.e. "I need to monitor all traffic
> to port X on machines Y-AF") or something more... heuristic (for lack
> of a better word), such as keeping an eye on overall traffic trends
> and using your experience in looking at the pretty pictures to spot
> when something unusual is happening?
>> - What do you need to see in order to solve the problem(s)? Are we
> talking all traffic to everything, or only packets that meet certain
> criteria to a single machine?
>> - What workflows are currently in place to tackle the problems that
> could be improved by having access to a visualization tool?
>> Thank you all in advance! Anything I put together will be released
> free and open source. Hopefully it will also be useful.
>> -Dan
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